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Garbage and Recycling in Communities with Curbside Recycling and Unit-Based Pricing
Kinnaman, Thomas C.; Fullerton, Don - 2021
This paper estimates the impact of a user fee and a curbside recycling program on garbage and recycling amounts … policies and the levels of garbage and recycling collected in the community. A simple sequential model of local policymaking is … cross-section of towns without user fees but with and without curbside recycling programs. The combined data set is larger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013223573
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How a Fee Per-Unit Garbage Affects Aggregate Recycling in a Model with Heterogeneous Households
Kinnaman, Thomas C.; Fullerton, Don - 2021
This paper develops a utility maximizing model of household choice among garbage disposal, recycling, and littering … recycling. The model explains (1) why some households participate in curbside recycling programs even in the absence of a user …-wide quantities of garbage, recycling, and litter. We show how an increase in the user fee can decrease aggregate recycling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013226075
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Corruption in Developing Countries
Olken, Benjamin A. - 2011
Recent years have seen a remarkable expansion in economists' ability to measure corruption. This, in turn, has led to a new generation of well-identified, microeconomic studies. We review the evidence on corruption in developing countries in light of these recent advances, focusing on three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120310
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The Missing "Missing Middle"
Hsieh, Chang-Tai - 2014
Although a large literature seeks to explain the "missing middle" of mid-sized firms in developing countries, there is surprisingly little empirical backing for existence of the missing middle. Using microdata on the full distribution of both formal and informal sector manufacturing firms in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057395
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Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries
McKenzie, David J. - 2015
Management has a large effect on the productivity of large firms. But does management matter in micro and small firms, where the majority of the labor force in developing countries works? We develop 26 questions that measure business practices in marketing, stock-keeping, record-keeping, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016653
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The Economics of Residential Solid Waste Management
Kinnaman, Thomas C.; Fullerton, Don - 2021
This paper provides a broad overview of recent trends in solid waste and recycling, related public policy issues, and … the economics literature devoted to these topics. Public attention to solid waste and recycling has increased dramatically … makers choose the efficient mix of policy levers to regulate solid waste and recycling activities. Economists have also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013220080
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The Unofficial Economy in Africa
La Porta, Rafael - 2011
We examine the productivity of informal firms (those that are not registered with the government) in 24 African countries using field work and World Bank firm level data. We find that productivity jumps sharply if we compare small formal firms to informal firms, and rises rapidly with the size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129131
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The Determinants of Food Aid Provisions to Africa and the Developing World
Nunn, Nathan - 2014
We examine the supply-side and demand-side determinants of global bilateral food aid shipments between 1971 and 2008. First, we find that domestic food production in developing countries is negatively correlated with subsequent food aid receipts, suggesting that food aid receipt is partly driven...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068872
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Are Poor Individuals Mainly Found in Poor Households? Evidence Using Nutrition Data for Africa
Brown, Caitlin - 2017
assumption. Our comprehensive assessment for sub-Saharan Africa reveals that undernourished women and children are spread widely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942710
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The Impact of Chicago's Small High School Initiative
Barrow, Lisa - 2013
This project examines the effects of the introduction of new small high schools on student performance in the Chicago Public School (CPS) district. Specifically, we investigate whether students attending small high schools have better graduation/enrollment rates and achievement than similar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085125